Leisure Centre Assistant

Lift Rawlett, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 9AA

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  27 March 2026 at 10:51am

• Date listed

  13 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Up to £12.85 per hour

Leisure Centre Assistant job summary

Salary: £12.85 an hour + Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Hours: Part time

Contract Type: Casual

Start date: ASAP

About the Leisure Centre

Lift Rawlett Leisure Centre is a well-used community facility located within Lift Rawlett in Tamworth. The centre provides a range of high-quality indoor and outdoor spaces for sports clubs, fitness groups, community organisations and local events.

The facilities play an important role in supporting the local community by providing accessible spaces for physical activity, recreation and social engagement outside of school hours. As part of Lift Schools, a national multi-academy trust of 58 schools, the leisure centre benefits from strong operational support, professional development opportunities and a commitment to high standards across all facilities.

We are now looking to recruit two casual Leisure Centre Assistants to support the smooth operation of the centre and help maximise community use of the facilities.

Your new role

As a Leisure Centre Assistant, you will play an important role in ensuring the leisure centre operates safely, efficiently and provides a welcoming environment for all visitors.

You will support the management of community bookings, assist with the preparation and supervision of facilities and act as a key point of contact for users of the centre.

Key responsibilities include:

* Managing enquiries and bookings for the leisure centre's facilities
* Coordinating facility hire through the booking system
* Preparing sports halls, pitches and activity spaces for community use
* Acting as the main point of contact for customers and community groups
* Ensuring all users follow health and safety and safeguarding procedures
* Supporting the promotion of the leisure centre to increase community participation
* Supervising lettings and responding to any issues during sessions
* Ensuring the building is secure during evening and weekend lettings

This role requires flexibility, as shifts will include evenings and weekends depending on the bookings schedule.

What you'll need to succeed

We are looking for someone who is organised, approachable and able to deliver excellent customer service to a wide range of leisure centre users.

You will ideally have experience in a customer-facing or leisure environment and be confident communicating with members of the public, community organisations and staff.

You will also:

* Be confident using IT systems to manage bookings and enquiries
* Be able to work independently and respond calmly to issues as they arise
* Have a good understanding of health and safety procedures
* Demonstrate an awareness of safeguarding responsibilities

A GCSE in Maths and English (Grade 4 or equivalent) is required. First aid training, or a willingness to complete this training, would be advantageous.

Who is Lift Schools?

We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 58 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.

We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.

We offer you:

* Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
* Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
* Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

Ready to apply? Get in touch today. We can't wait to hear from you.

Closing date: 27th March 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Lift Schools is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lift Rawlett

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1036 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lift Rawlett website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-rawlett-school-an-aet-academy

Lift Rawlett has a strong and positive reputation locally based on a history of success. We create remarkable students and encourage each to find what is remarkable about themselves. There is an ethos of working together to focus on both academic success and the broader curriculum to encourage confidence and enthusiasm in our students.

Lift Rawlett is a special place. We are very proud of our achievements and visitors always comment on the positivity around the school. As you walk around you will see active lessons based on mutual respect and within a calm learning environment. People matter at Rawlett and leadership is evident across the curriculum. Students lead others to prepare our learners for lifelong learning and their next steps. Whether they progress to higher education, further education or the world of work, on leaving Rawlett we are proud that our students are able to make a positive contribution as responsible and caring young people.

We aim to provide students with a wide range of extra-curricular activities to support their personal and academic progress. There are a wide range of sporting opportunities for students of all abilities where traditional and non-traditional games and sports are offered. International School status has helped us develop learning partnerships with schools in other countries to support the focus on skills essential for the 21st century. The curriculum offers students a wide range of opportunities to become good citizens within our local community.

We are proud that our learning experience extends beyond the formal curriculum. The Rawlett Sports Centre provides a range of sporting and recreational activities for young people and the local community. Links with our feeder primary schools are enhanced by the Sports Leaders Awards Level 1 and 2 gained by older students who plan and deliver activities for local junior school pupils. A huge number of visits and trips take place each year to support the curriculum but most importantly develop the skills of the whole child.

Our academic success continues each year and is based firmly in our belief in our Learning Community between staff, students and parents/carers where we share the responsibility of nurturing each child to achieve their potential through open communication.

Parents always have a choice of school and Rawlett is a local school of choice for a reason. Numbers increase each year based on strong learning partnerships and this in turn creates our positive local reputation. Always looking to improve, Lift Schools shares our values and encourages us to find our remarkable- in each and every child.

Our Curriculum

At Lift Rawlett we are proud to offer a curriculum that is well balanced, relevant and although based on the National Curriculum not limited by it.

We recognise the importance of reading and have a dedicated reading time each day, when the school stops and reads silently together. In addition to this all students in Years 7 to 9 have dedicated library lessons. They are also enrolled on the Accelerated Reading scheme, which allows their English teacher to monitor and support their reading progress.

In Key Stage Three all students have discrete lessons in Art, Citizenship, Design and Technology, English, French or German, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Performing Arts - Drama, Performing Arts – Music, Philosophy and Ethics (RE), Physical Education (PE) and Science. A small number of students also have additional literacy or numeracy booster lessons.

In Key Stage Four all students follow a core curriculum of English, Mathematics, Philosophy and Ethics, Science and PE. They take additional options from a range of courses. We take an individual approach to the English Baccalaureate, encouraging but not forcing students to take the required courses. Details of our curriculum offer, including the exam board specifications, for Years 10 and 11 are published to parents in Year 9 each February. Please follow this link to our most recent KS4 Curriculum Offer booklet KS4 Curriculum Options Booklet 2017-19

Our Philosophy and Ethics curriculum has been developed from the Staffordshire Agreed Syllabus and aims to promote the spiritual, moral and social development of our students and the awareness and understanding of different cultures. At Key Stage Four all students are prepared to sit a GCSE in Philosophy and Ethics in May/June of Year 10.

In additional to a rigorous approach to supporting our students to achieve the highest standard in GCSE and other qualifications, we also recognise the importance of supporting them to develop their emotional and physical well-being. PSHE topics are delivered through the regular curriculum and a number of focus days during the year. On focus days we collapse our normal timetable to allow students to learn about a particular emotional, personal or economic well-being topic in depth.

At Key Stage 3 progress is measured against a series of key ‘I can’ statements that we are developing to describe age appropriate expectations.

To view our curriculum across the year please click here

Our Academic Achievements

We are very proud of our student's academic successes. To learn more please click here

WHY JOIN OUR SCHOOL?

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
Development:

We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with Lift Schools.

Lifestyle:

We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.

Money:

All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our Lift Schools Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.

Wellbeing:

We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.

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